Sunday, February 8, 2009

CNN Student News for Monday, February 9th starts with a segment about the wildfires in Victoria, Australia that tragically killed more than 100 people over the weekend. The CNN Student News video is embedded below.Embedded video from CNN Video

Google posted a map on their LatLong blog of the wildfires in Australia. I've embedded the map below.

Find Geography is a simple map game that you could have a classroom full of students playing after just a minute of instruction. Find Geography asks students "Where is country _______?" Students simply click on the map where they think that country is located. If students give a wrong answer, Find Geography shows them the correct answer.